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The road to Yorktown
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FUSILERS: EIGHT YEARS WITH THE REDCOATS IN AMERICA by Mark Urban Faber, £20, pp. 384, ISBN 9780571224869 £16 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655
The American War of Independence is one of my least favourite periods and I expect it's the same for a lot of Englishmen. For a start, the wrong side lost. Also, it's fiendishly complicated, what with all the Whigs, Tories, Loyalists, Patriots, Frenchmen, Indians, Militia, Virginians, Marylanders, Light Bobs, Fusiliers and Continentals bif...
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; Toward the end of the Vietnam War, I spent my days trying to see how many Lego blocks I could stick in my mouth at once, and I considered it a major accomplishment if I didn't wet my bed. After all, I was 4 years old. Thus, my experience of the war was largely limited to Oliver Stone's, Ron Kovic's
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; Yafonne AsianWeek 10-25-2000 Tagulaylay/The Presidio: Getting at the core of the Filipino American War One hundred years after the Philippines American War (1899-1906), an overseas descendent of this little-known historical tragedy holds a dance requiem at the San Francisco Presidio, where American
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Son Thang--An American War Crime
RUSI Journal
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Attention! Postage stamps to honor 4 American war heroes
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Attention! Postage stamps to honor 4 American war heroes Associated Press Thursday, May 4, 2000 Washington -- The Pentagon on Wednesday unveiled commemorative postage stamps honoring four American war heroes, including Sgt. Audie Murphy, the most decorated World War II soldier and later a movie
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The "Proper Trust of Liberty": economical reform, the English constitution and the protections of accounting during the American War of Independence
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; Abstract Prior to the nineteenth century the more lucrative public offices under the direct control of the Crown as part of the civil list were given as sinecures to favoured individuals. The use of these sinecures, pensions and other valuable appointments provided the Crown with the means by which
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From the Nunnery to the Spanish American War: Four Lakota women serve as nurses in Cuba during conflict
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Just celebrated the 30th anniversary of the end of what they call the "American War", which as marked by the fall of Saigon, which is now called Ho Chi Minh City.(VIETNAM)
The Informed Constituent (Albany, NY)
; VIETNAM -- just celebrated the 30th anniversary of the end of what they call the American War , which as marked by the fall of Saigon, which is now called Ho Chi Minh City. In the interest of fostering the growing trade relations with America, the Vietnamese government hosted a toned down ceremony.
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BOOKS: REVIEWS; Generals, Ten British Commanders Who Shaped The World, by Mark Urban, Faber and Faber,pounds 20.(Features)
The Birmingham Post (England)
; ... officers on too much drinking and time in bed with his mistress. Urban's book is stylishly written and well produced with ample maps, illustrations and photographs. It will interest all students, however amateur, of British history and politics CAPTION(S): Mark ...
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